Telegram-herald., 1887-08-07

consented. and called the Zulu, who camo
bearing Sir Henry's ox. which be had now
Gzel un 10 his satisactioR, With him When
we showed BIN the steel shirt, and explained
- h.m .hat We wanted h.m ID wear it. be NJ
Rrzs declined saying hat lie rad fought in
his Own skin for thirty yeSrs, anil that he was
rot going TO begin now to fight in an ircn
one Thcreupon / tool, a heavy spear, and
spreading the shirt upon tie floor, drove TIE
spear down upon it with all my strength, the
weapon rebounding without leaving a mark
upon Tie tempered steel This exhibition haii
converted him; and wnen ! pointed out ts
him how necessary it was that he should not
let any old fashioned prejudices he might
possess stand in the way of precaution
which might preserve u valuable life at o
time when men were scarce ard also that if
be wore this shirt nc might dispense with
shield, and so have both hands free, te yielded
at once, and proceeded 70 invest his great
frame with the iron skin" And indeed,
although made for Sir Henry, il 1tted the
great Zulu like skin. Tie two, men were
alnoss OF a height; and though Curtis locked
the bigger man, | ar inclined to think that
the difference was more imaginary than real,
the fact being that althovS be was plUmper
and rounder, he was not really bigger, except
in tie arm. UnlsiOpOCaas had, comparatively
speaking, thin arms, but taey were rs strong
Is wire ropes. At any rate, when they both
stood, ak in hand, invested in the brown
mail, which clung to their mighty forms like
q web garment, showing tho swell Of every
muscle and the curve Of every line, they
formed pair that any ten men might shrink
from meeting.
1t Vas now nearly o'clock in the morning.
and tao spies reported that, after having
drunk the blood OF the oxen ard eaten enor-
nous quantities Of Ensat. the Nasal were 60
inr 20 sleep round their watch fires, bu. that
seatries had been posted at each opening Of
the l-raal. Floszie. they added, was sitting
nos far from toe wall IL the center Of the
western side Of the kraal. ard by her were the
nG-so and the white donkey, which was teth-
cred TO a peg. Her feet were bound with n
rope, and warriors were lying about all round
her
As there was absolutely nothing further
that could he done then We oil took tome
supper and went to lie down FOR a couple Of
hours
The bed whereon I lay wss near In open
window that looked on 20 the veranda,
through which came Al extraordinary sound
Of eroaninc and weeping Fer tine ] could
not make out what it was, but at last I got
~ and putting ny head cut of the window
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